1 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:04,100 [Music intro] 2 00:00:08,260 --> 00:00:12,390 [Silvia Stoyanova/Goddard TV] Launching a spacecraft successfully takes time and it involves 3 00:00:12,410 --> 00:00:16,390 hundreds of people. A lot of work has been going on at Cape Canaveral, 4 00:00:16,410 --> 00:00:20,440 FL in preparation for launch of the GOES-P weather 5 00:00:20,460 --> 00:00:24,620 satellite. From receiving the satellite from El Segundo, 6 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:28,660 CA and assembling the launch vehicle to finally hoisting 7 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:32,710 the spacecraft on the rocket, the team works 24/7 to 8 00:00:32,730 --> 00:00:36,720 test and prepare the mission for launch. So join us as engineers 9 00:00:36,740 --> 00:00:40,750 and key mission players take us on a tour of some of the critical facilities 10 00:00:40,770 --> 00:00:44,810 in preparation for launch, which is only a few days away. 11 00:00:44,830 --> 00:00:48,880 Sound of launch countdown. [Si Song, ULA] We are standing out 12 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:52,920 outside of the DOC, which is Delta Operations Center, which has our engineers and 13 00:00:52,940 --> 00:00:56,970 management team sitting at the consoles during launch countdown 14 00:00:56,990 --> 00:01:01,010 and this is where we launch the rocket from. So let’s go and take a look. 15 00:01:09,260 --> 00:01:05,210 [Dramatic music] 16 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:13,310 Hello, my name is Si Song. I am with the spacecraft integration 17 00:01:13,330 --> 00:01:17,390 group here at the Cape. We are standing in the Launch Control Center for Delta 18 00:01:17,410 --> 00:01:21,430 IV. We are getting ready to launch the GOES-P satellite, which is a weather 19 00:01:21,450 --> 00:01:25,620 satellite. These gentleman are busy getting ready for launch, and 20 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:29,640 during launch countdown day, we pressurize the launch vehicle and we prep for launch. 21 00:01:29,660 --> 00:01:33,670 [Dramatic music] 22 00:01:33,690 --> 00:01:37,730 We are standing underneath the second stage of our next mission, which is 23 00:01:37,750 --> 00:01:41,790 There is one exactly like this out of the pad for GOES-P 24 00:01:41,810 --> 00:01:45,830 mission. Second stage provides additional propulsion to put the spacecraft 25 00:01:45,850 --> 00:01:50,020 out to the location that we are interested in. [Silvia Stoyanova/Goddard TV] This facility 26 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:54,090 here is called the Horizontal Integration Facility or HIF. 27 00:01:54,110 --> 00:01:58,100 This is where they actually assemble the rocket and Si is going to show us the 28 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:02,130 different elements of the rocket. Actually, right there you can see 29 00:02:02,150 --> 00:02:06,400 the launch pad and as you can see it’s close to the HIF so when they 30 00:02:06,420 --> 00:02:10,480 assemble the rocket, they transport it over to the launch pad, then they 31 00:02:13,260 --> 00:02:13,230 mount the spacecraft on top of it in preparation for launch so let’s go 32 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:17,450 so let’s go and take a look inside. 33 00:02:17,470 --> 00:02:21,480 [Si Song/ULA] This inner stage that has the empty spot that you see; 34 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:25,500 that actually holds the second stage that we just looked at in the 35 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,500 DOC. The grey structure that you see out on the end of the launch vehicle 36 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,530 is called the LMU; Launch Mount Unit. LMU 37 00:02:33,550 --> 00:02:37,560 holds the vehicle on the base and that’s how we use it to 38 00:02:37,580 --> 00:02:41,560 erect it out at the launch pad. And you can see the working end of the 39 00:02:41,580 --> 00:02:45,570 rocket , which is RS-68 engine. This is going to produce the 40 00:02:45,590 --> 00:02:49,630 thrust to lift the launch vehicle into space and then 41 00:02:49,650 --> 00:02:53,660 separate to the second stage and then separate the spacecraft once it goes out to the 42 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,740 orbit. 43 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,740 [Silvia Stoyanova/Goddard TV] Our final stop is at the Mission Director’s Center here at Hanger 44 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,760 AE. We are going to talk to some engineers and the NASA Launch Manager 45 00:03:05,780 --> 00:03:09,770 to get a feel of what happens here on the day of launch. 46 00:03:09,790 --> 00:03:13,960 [Tracy Evans, Mission Support Manager] This facility back here is where our power hitters sit. 47 00:03:13,980 --> 00:03:17,960 These are the power users; the engineers that look at the health 48 00:03:17,980 --> 00:03:22,000 of the vehicle; the health of the spacecraft. [Timothy Clinger] Well launch can slip 49 00:03:22,020 --> 00:03:26,040 for several reasons. The main reason would be a 50 00:03:26,060 --> 00:03:30,080 mechanical or electrical anomaly of the vehicle. We have 51 00:03:30,100 --> 00:03:34,110 slips due to weather. If any of the vehicle engineering 52 00:03:34,130 --> 00:03:38,120 disciplines were not ready to go for a launch, then we would certainly 53 00:03:38,140 --> 00:03:42,130 not be in a posture to launch the vehicle at that time...[Andre Dress] Ok, copy... 54 00:03:42,150 --> 00:03:46,180 [Andre Dress/NASA Launch Manager] GOM, this is NLM, Goddard Internal 55 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:50,210 [Kathleen McIntyre] This is GOM, go ahead. [Andre] Yes, we just confirmed with the SLDD 56 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:54,390 that tanking has started. [Kathleen] Copy that, thank you NLM. 57 00:03:54,410 --> 00:03:58,420 [Andre Dress] Hey, welcome to the Mission Director’s Center. 58 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,620 In this facility is where the management teams will reside 59 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:06,720 and make decisions about the launch. On the screens upfront, we actually 60 00:04:06,740 --> 00:04:10,760 are monitoring the launch vehicle activities.On these consoles here what you see, 61 00:04:10,780 --> 00:04:14,790 communicate with different areas either in Suitland 62 00:04:14,810 --> 00:04:18,840 or the Delta Operation Center or at the Astrotech facility. 63 00:04:18,860 --> 00:04:22,890 (Andre to Kathleen): Hundreds of people are really 64 00:04:22,910 --> 00:04:26,920 involved in this process. Every one of them has to say go, right? 65 00:04:26,940 --> 00:04:30,950 [Kathleen] Absolutely, absolutely. [Andre] At this point we are good to go, right? 66 00:04:30,970 --> 00:04:35,040 We are good to go, right! [Silvia Stoyanova] I hope you enjoyed this tour and let’s wish 67 00:04:35,060 --> 00:04:39,210 GOES-P a successful launch! Reporting from Cape Canaveral 68 00:04:39,230 --> 00:04:43,250 Air Force Station, I am Silvia Stoyanova with NASA Goddard TV. 69 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:47,290 Music outro. 70 00:04:51,340 --> 00:04:55,330 Music Outro. 71 00:05:03,670 --> 00:04:59,480 No sound.